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Leads are Hard 

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According to Wikipedia: “a reader service card or bingo card" was a reply card inserted in a magazine and used by readers to request free samples and literature from businesses who advertised in the issue. A Story From Yesteryear About Reader Service (aka Bingo) Cards. Many advertisers were listed on the reply card.

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Jill Konrath Reveals How She Overcomes a Problem by Reframing It

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This is an outtake from her interview on SLMA where she talks about the five most important things she has learned in business and life: The Most Important Things Jill Konrath Has Learned in Business and Life. SNAP Selling focuses on what it takes to win sales with today’s crazy-busy buyers.

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What if CRM had not been invented?

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ii Wikipedia: Customer relationship management (CRM) as a widely-implemented strategy for managing a company’s interactions with customers, clients and sales prospects. Customer relationship management describes a company-wide business strategy including customer-interface departments as well as other departments.

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Avoiding Cascading Zipper Failures between Marketing and Sales

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The contributing factors for the unzip: No business rule which mandates 100% follow-up. No business rule which mandates measuring the ROI for lead generation. i Wikipedia ii Dr. Lee Lowery, Jr., No lead management system. No marketing automation system. Keeping It Zipped.

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Outbound vs. Inbound: The Risk Management Issue in the Complex Sale

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For me, risk management has always been about assessing business exposure and taking proactive steps to improve a situation rather than remaining reactive when there is downside potential.